by National Space Society | May 25, 2012 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, NASA
At 9:56 AM EDT (1356 UTC), the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) successfully grappled the Dragon spacecraft. This is the first commercial spacecraft to reach the International Space Station. Additional manipulations are required to berth the Dragon to a...
by National Space Society | May 24, 2012 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station
Hawthorne, CA – Today, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft completed key on-orbit tests as part of a historic attempt to be the first commercial company in history to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. In the days since...
by National Space Society | May 22, 2012 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, NASA
Falcon 9 Ignition Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Liftoff Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Ascent Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Downrange Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Separation of the Second Stage Image Credit: NASA TV Falcon 9 Second Stage Ignition Image Credit:...
by National Space Society | Jan 18, 2012 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, NASA
SpaceX announced that it will slip the launch of the Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 from the original 7 February 2012 date. The specific reason for the delay was not specified, but was related to a “sense of responsibility in returning US crewed access to...
by National Space Society | Jun 4, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, ISDC, Space Policy, Space Settlement
Presentations from the 2011 NSS International Space Development Conference in Huntsville, Alabama. Jeff Greason, President of XCOR Aerospace. Keynote Address at the Awards Banquet: A Settlement Strategy for NASA. This talk is widely regarded as a major statement in...